Solutions with Henry Blodget
Venture capitalist, writer, and researcher Paul Kedrosky thinks it’s likely that in the near future, an AI crash will cause widespread damage to the economy—but he’s still optimistic about the technology anyway. Today, he tells us why, and shares his boldest predictions about AI, including why OpenAI won’t last, and why he’d bet against any of the Mag 7, too.
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Why OpenAI Won’t Survive an AI Crash
Venture capitalist, writer, and researcher Paul Kedrosky thinks it’s likely that in the near future, an AI crash will cause widespread damage to the economy—but he’s still optimistic about the technology anyway. Today, he tells…
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How to Stop a Global Economic “Doom Loop”
Economist Eswar Prasad believes the world’s economic order is stuck in a doom loop. While globalization has increased global prosperity, it’s also left many people behind. That has set off a global “politics of resentment,”…
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Your Devices Are Already Tracking Your Brain Waves. Should You Be Worried?
Your devices could soon be decoding your most intimate thoughts. It’s just a matter of time, according to neurotechnology expert Nita Farahany. There are already devices on the market that track our brain waves, from…
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Lessons from the Crash of 1929 for the AI Bubble
If we’re truly in an AI bubble close to bursting, how do we avoid economic catastrophe? That’s a question we bring to Andrew Ross Sorkin this week, whose new book, 1929: The Inside Story of…
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Why Companies Should Embrace Remote Work
The data is in: remote work is better for everyone. At least when it’s done right. Stanford Economics Professor Nicholas Bloom has been studying hybrid work since before the pandemic, and he says that companies…
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Scott Galloway Says Men Should “Protect, Provide, and Procreate”
Best-selling author, podcaster, and professor Scott Galloway is worried about men. He sees them falling behind and he thinks the left, especially, is overlooking their crises. So he’s provided his own guidance in a new…
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How AI Data Centers are Raising Your Electric Bill
Electricity prices in the US are skyrocketing. What’s going on? We asked Vox correspondent Umair Irfan, who covers energy policy, to explain. Plus, why Irfan says clean energy could be a winning issue for Democrats.…
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Business Insider Embraced AI. How’s It Going?
Business Insider recently told its reporters they could use AI to write first drafts of their stories. It was a notable decision by editor-in-chief Jamie Heller, and made BI one of the first mainstream media…
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How Can American Politics Recover from Trump?
John Harris, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Politico, is a short-term pessimist and long-term optimist. In this episode, we appeal to his optimism and ask how the US can recover from its current politics of…
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It’s Time for Medicare for All
In the 1990s, Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler did something her colleagues at Harvard called “crazy:” she decided to work with a senator named Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform. Dr. Woolhandler had already founded an advocacy group…